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The Ohio Strands
By
Andrew South
America Strand
http://www.ibiblio.org/
• Act 1. Read about the slaves in North America – write short essay on what took place
• Act 2. Read about how African Americans fought against Racial Discrimination – write about how things have changed
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/index.html
• Act 1 read about Ohio history – list 5 things that happened in Ohio that changed
the U.S.
• Act 2 Write to OAHSM and ask them to send you information on Ohio
• Act 3 find out which presidents were from Ohio
More Web sites
• http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/
• http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
• http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/
People in Societies
http://www.friesian.com/tombs.htm
• Act 1 read about the Egyptians and their tombs– list five kings
• Act 2 find out why early Egyptians entombed their dead.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/
middle_east.html• Act 1 Locate where Lebanon is on a map
and find out how far it is from Egypt
• Act 2 Find out the capital of Egypt and the Population size of that country.
• Act 3 List the 6 major cites in Egypt– and where they are in the country
http://www.assyrianinfo.com/
• Act 1 Find out where Assyrians are from and why they are important in History
• Act 2 Write a paper on why the Assyrians were important for the mixing of cultures.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
zoroastr.htm• Act 1 do a group group project on
Zarathushtra and what he founded
• Act 2 Find facts about Zoroastrianism and give speech on the religion
• Act 3 Write a paper on how it is different from Christianity and the Jewish religion.
http://english.planetarabia.com/main.cfm
World Interactions
http://k12.jain.ad.jp/100/list.html
• Act 1 write a short a short paragraph on how Japan uses the internet in the classroom
• Act 2 Find out whether Japan uses the internet more in the classroom
• Act 3 Sign your class up with a class from Japan
http://www.is.auetech.aichi-edu.ac.jp/~tkamada/education/
schools_j.html• Act 1 How many Japanese schools are
signed up for the Internet
• Act 2 Write in your on words. Does it seem that Japan uses the internet in their classrooms.
http://www.myndak.is/
• Act 1 Find out what Lang. this site is in and where the school is located
• Act 2 After figuring out where the school is located write to them and ask about their school.
http://www.unak.is/
• Act 1 Figure out what language this is and where in the world the school is
• Act 2 After figuring out where the school is located write to them and ask about their school
• Act 3 Is this School located in a cold place
More Web Pages
• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/letters/
• http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map
• http://www.waikato.ac.nz/geog//
• http://www.geog.auckland.ac.nz/public/
• http://www.sv.ntnu.no/geo/geo-e.htm
• http://home.uleth.ca/geo/
Decision Making & Resources
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lesson2.htm
• Act 1Why did prisoners have problems with getting food.
• Act 2 How many men were located there and why did the number keep increasing?
• Act 3 How were prisoners able to added to their food supplies?
http://www.stockmaster.com/
• Act 1 Find stock and find out how much it is worth.
• Act 2 Research a stock and find out if it has been gaining in worth or if it has been dropping.
• Act 3 Define what a stock market is and how it is suppose to work.
http://www.clev.frb.org/GenInfo.htm
• Act 1 How many banks make up the FRS
• Act 2 What is the FRS and find out when it was set up.
http://www.indiana.edu/~econed/anrpts/anrpt00/
heldref.pdf• Act 1 What was the difference in Price
History from 1987-88 and 2000-01?
• Act 2 By how much did circulation increase each year between 1990 and 2000?
Democratic Processes
http://oyez.nwu.edu/
• Act 1 How Many Justices are there and what are there names
• Act 2 What 3 Judges are thinking about stepping down
• Act 3 Who is the oldest Judge and which was is the youngest
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/supct.February.2001.html
• Act 1 How many Cases were decided this month and what were the names?
• Act 2 what was ILLINOIS v. McARTHUR and what did it effact in law
More Web Pages
• http://congress.org/
• http://www.dol.gov/
Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
• Act 1 Why was Doctor Seuss Important for kids and how are they using his birthday?
• Act 2 Find out what Dr Seuss did for the WWII war movement
http://www.vote-smart.org/
• Act 1 Is it important to Vote, give reasons for and or against?
• Act 2 Is it the responsibility of each citizen to vote?
• Act 3 What does Vote Smart do? And why is it important?
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/
constitution.overview.html• Act 1 How many Amendments have been
add since the first 10?
• Act 2 what were the first 10 called and make a list of them?
• Act 3 What are some of the rights and responsibilities laid-out in the Constitution?
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html
• Act 1what does the Legislative body of the Government do? And why did the Founding Fathers set the Government this way?
• Act 2 How many Houses are in the Legislative part of the Government and how many people are elected to each part.
Here is one more Web Page
• http://www.house.gov/house/Maps.html
Conclusion
Ohio Strands
• These Strands try to cover all parts of Social Studies
• These are just a few of the Web pages that can help you do this as a Teacher
The End